[Bebe1]

Hi

I ordered a mini convertible with no adaptations from Dick Lovely on Saturday but the lovely salesman couldn’t even give me a rough date of when I may get the car?

Does anyone have any very approximate lead times? I just basically want to know if it’s going to be weeks or months? I have no transport so I’m in a pretty desperate situation.

I keep checking my Motability account but nothings on there yet.

Thanks anyone who can help .

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[Bebe1]

*Dick Lovett

[Glos Guy]

Impossible to answer as the lead time will depend on whether or not the dealer had any immediately available build slot allocations. It sounds as though they didn’t, so haven’t ordered your car yet (they won’t have told you this). Ask them for a trackable BMW / Mini order number. Once you have that you can check progress yourself.

[on the spectrum]

Hi I was really lucky my JCW was ordered in June 2023 and delivered in August 2023 also got the factory Genius  order number so could track it on Mini And BMW website.

[Daniel]

Did you get £500 off ? If not then find your nearest Marshall dealer because they will give you £500 off plus your £750 new car order you only need to visit twice once to place the order once to pick it up then if anything goes wrong with car you take it to your nearest mini garage and they will fix/ repair it otherwise carry on with your order and pay £500 more than you need to ours took about 3 months from order to delivery from Marshals at Hook we went for Cooper S convertible Exclusive it was about two weeks from placing order to given a delivery date which was accelerate  would highly recommend

[Bebe1]

Thanks Daniel

I looked for Marshalls after reading your post but the closest one to me is 40 miles away and I have no transport. Much as id love to save 500.00, getting there and back and then getting the car and bringing it back would be difficult. Shame though.

 

[on the spectrum]

I did get £500 off as I mentioned Marshalls was offering this and they Matched it this was a Group 1 BMW Mini dealer you really need to be cheeky or go elsewhere.

[Elliot]

My wife has one of these on the scheme and start to finish took 7 weeks. That was for the Cooper S Executive Premium Plus.

She absolutely loves it and can’t wait for it to get warmer.

[Bebe1]

on the spectrum wrote:

I did get £500 off as I mentioned Marshalls was offering this and they Matched it this was a Group 1 BMW Mini dealer you really need to be cheeky or go elsewhere.

I’ve emailed the dealer and asked if they can match Marshalls. Nothing ventured nothing gained : )

[Bebe1]

Elliot wrote:

My wife has one of these on the scheme and start to finish took 7 weeks. That was for the Cooper S Executive Premium Plus. She absolutely loves it and can’t wait for it to get warmer.

Thanks. I can’t wait to get the car and I,ll be impatient for warmer weather too lol..

[Bebe1]

Daniel wrote:

Did you get £500 off ? If not then find your nearest Marshall dealer because they will give you £500 off plus your £750 new car order you only need to visit twice once to place the order once to pick it up then if anything goes wrong with car you take it to your nearest mini garage and they will fix/ repair it otherwise carry on with your order and pay £500 more than you need to ours took about 3 months from order to delivery from Marshals at Hook we went for Cooper S convertible Exclusive it was about two weeks from placing order to given a delivery date which was accelerate would highly recommend

 

Thanks Daniel for letting me know about this. I did ask Dick Lovett dealer if they can match Marshalls discount.  Unfortunately they couldn’t match it but they did give me a discount of 300.00, so it was well worth me asking and I’m pleased with that. Thanks again.

[Bebe1]

Does anyone know a way of checking through motability what stage my car is at please?

Is there an app or something for Mini?

I don’t think the mini dealer knows any more than me but I’m needing to know if I should hire a car in the meantime so I do need a rough idea.

 

Thanks

[on the spectrum]

Bebe1 wrote:

Does anyone know a way of checking through motability what stage my car is at please? Is there an app or something for Mini? I don’t think the mini dealer knows any more than me but I’m needing to know if I should hire a car in the meantime so I do need a rough idea. Thanks

Bebe you need to ask your dealer for a factory  order code then you can trace your build status at Mini Genius web site although when mine was being built I could only use the BMW car web site chat anyway you need to find the online chat and give them the factory order number.

[Bebe1]

Thankyou Tiny Tim. 🙂

[on the spectrum]

Bebe1 wrote:

Thankyou Tiny Tim. ?

No worries Bebe1 you can also by the way phone Mini uk and give them the code I have tried that as well.

[Bebe1]

I contacted the dealer and he said he’d never heard of this before and the only number he has is the order number. Is that the code?

Thanks.

[on the spectrum]

It is the Mini factory order code my dealer gave it to me you need to speak to Mini uk Mini Genius it is a seven digit number.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by on the spectrum.

[Bebe1]

The order number the dealer gave me is 7 digits but I don’t think it’d the build code, my dealer has never heard of this. I’ve been on mini genius and registered but it’s only giving me an option to order a car, not track one that’s been ordered so I don’t know if I’m looking in the wrong place?

I’m so impatient lol, I just want to see that something is happening so I know if I need a hire car.  If I had a date in sight it would make everything a lot easier.

 

[on the spectrum]

Bebe1 wrote:

The order number the dealer gave me is 7 digits but I don’t think it’d the build code, my dealer has never heard of this. I’ve been on mini genius and registered but it’s only giving me an option to order a car, not track one that’s been ordered so I don’t know if I’m looking in the wrong place? I’m so impatient lol, I just want to see that something is happening so I know if I need a hire car. If I had a date in sight it would make everything a lot easier.

Hey Bebe1 I have just called Mini UK and as My order he told me yes you can track from factory to dealership you need the seven diget AG CODE and he said you can phone them on free phone as I just did 0800 836 464 and say you have this code number and they will give you the status of where the build is at this time. I also did this through the chat online on BMW web site and did this problably every couple of weeks to check my order I hope you have good luck with this the dealer does not know what he is talking about as Mini have done this on all my orders.

[Bebe1]

Thankyou so much! So the order number the dealer gave me is the number I use?

Thanks for all your help

[on the spectrum]

Yes I hope it is the right number let us know as it will be helpful for everyone ordering a Mini or BMW.

[Bebe1]

Will do, thankyou.

[on the spectrum]

Bebe1 wrote:

Will do, thankyou.

No Worries Bebe1 you will love your new Mini I am very happy with mine build quality is great.

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